Boolean Strings List

I put together a free list of Boolean string examples for Recruiters and Sourcers to
find candidates online. Boolean string examples include everything from finding
contact information, resumes, xraying, flip-searches, to searching on social media
sites, to searching specific job titles, and much more.

Search Operators / Modifiers:

“Search Keyword” Exact match search.
OR Search for X or Y.  
AND (Space) Search for X and Y.
* Wildcard will match any word or phrase.
() Multiple terms.
(-) Minus excludes keywords or phrases.
define: Dictionary search feature.
cache: Most recent cache version of a website page.
filetype: Searching for filetypes i.e. PDF, DOCX, TXT, PPT, or CSV.
site: Xraying one entire website.
related: Find sites related to a given domain.
info: Shows page info.
intitle: Find a certain word (or words) in the title.
allintitle: Only results containing all of the specified words in the title tag will be returne
inurl: Find pages with a certain word (or words) in the URL.
allinurl: Only results containing all of the specified words in the URL will be returned.
intext: Find pages containing a certain word (or words).
allintext: Only results containing all of the specified words on a page.
AROUND(X) Proximity search. Find pages containing two words or phrases within X words o
source: Finding a news related source on Google.
#..# Search for a range of numbers.
inanchor: Find pages that are being linked to with specific anchor text.
allinanchor: Only results containing all of the specified words in the inbound anchor text.
 
Resume / Generic Strings:
(intitle:resume OR inurl:resume OR intitle:cv OR inurl:cv OR intitle:vitae OR inurl:vitae)
 
(intitle:bio OR inurl:bio OR intitle:profile OR inurl:profile OR intitle:homepage OR
inurl:homepage OR intitle:”about me” OR inurl:”about me”)
 
(intitle:team OR inurl:team OR intitle:staff OR inurl:staff OR intitle:people OR inurl:people OR
intitle:employees OR inurl:employees)
 
(intitle:associates OR inurl:associates OR intitle:members OR inurl:members)
 
(intitle:alumni OR inurl:alumni OR intitle:graduates OR inurl:graduates OR intitle:alum OR
inurl:alum OR intitle:grads OR inurl:grads)
 
(intitle:”staff directory” OR intitle:”employee directory” OR intitle:”member directory” OR
intitle:”alumni directory”)
 
(intitle:attendees OR inurl:attendees OR intitle:participants OR inurl:participants OR
intitle:roster OR inurl:roster OR intitle:registrants OR inurl:registrants)
 
(intitle:”resume book” OR inurl:resumebook OR inurl:”resume book” OR inurl:resume_book)
 
(intitle:resume OR intitle:cv OR intitle:vitae)
 
(intitle:bio OR intitle:profile OR intitle:homepage OR intitle:”about me”)
 
(intitle:team OR intitle:staff OR intitle:people OR intitle:employees)
 
(intitle:attendees OR intitle:members OR intitle:participants OR intitle:registrants OR
intitle:roster)
 
(intitle:alumni OR intitle:graduates OR intitle:alum OR intitle:grads)
 
(intitle:”staff directory” OR intitle:”employee directory” OR intitle:”member directory” OR
intitle:”alumni directory”)

 
Site Search on Social Media / Sites:
About.me site:about.me “Java Developer”
Author pages site:com/author “software developer|engineer” “rust”
AWS inurl:s3.amazonaws.com (cloud|iaas|paas) (engineer|developer|architect) intitle
BeKnown.com site:beknown.com “Java Developer”
Coderwall.com site:coderwall.com “joined” “Java Developer”
Craigslist Resume site:*.craigslist.org/*/res account “Java Developer”
Craigslist.org site:craigslist.org inurl:res “Java Developer”
Crunchbase site:crunchbase.com/person react redux
dataversity site:dataversity.net/author
Dev.to site:dev.to intitle:dev.profile (“data science|scientist”)
Devpost.com site:devpost.com intitle:software.portfolio.devpost
Docfoc.com site:docfoc.com (resume OR cv OR vitae) “Java Developer”
Docstoc.com site:docstoc.com (resume OR cv OR vitae) “Java Developer”
DoYouBuzz.com site:doyoubuzz.com “Java Developer”
Drupal site:drupal.org/u/ www.linkedin.com/in
Entrepreneur.com site:entrepreneur.com/author “data science|scientist”
Facebook site:facebook.com “Java Developer” inurl:about
Gitcoin.co site:gitcoin.co/profile python rust
Github.com site:github.com “joined on” “public activity” -tab.activity “Java Developer”
Google Docs site:docs.google.com (resume OR cv OR vitae) “Java Developer”
Gravatar.com site:gravatar.com (resume OR cv OR vitae) “Java Developer”
HackerRank site:hackerrank.com/profile (python sql OR python nosql)
Info site:info (resume OR cv OR vitae) “Java Developer”
Infoq.com site:infoq.com/profile (c++ OR java)
InnovateCV.com site:innovatecv.com “Java Developer”
Kaggle site:kaggle.com “data scientist” “joined * ago” “united states”
Keybase.io site:keybase.io (“data science|scientist”)
Levo.com site:levo.com “Java Developer”
Libraries.io site:libraries.io “see all * * repositories”
LinkedIn Profiles site:linkedin.com/pub | site:linkedin.com/in -inurl:dir -inurl:title “Java Developer”
LinkedIn Resumes site:https://www.linkedin.com (resume OR cv OR vitae) “Java Developer”
Medium site:medium.com/portfolio
Meetup.com site:meetup.com “member since” Java Developer
oDesk.com site:odesk.com/o/profiles/users “Java Developer”
 Pastebin site:pastebin.com (“gmail.com” OR “yahoo.com” OR “hotmail.com”) “software de
Resumup.com site:resumup.com “Java Developer”
Ryze.com/go site:ryze.com/go “Java Developer”
SCGuild.com site:scguild.com/resume “Java Developer”
Scribd.com site:scribd.com (resume OR cv OR vitae) “Java Developer”
StackExchange site:unix.stackexchange.com/users
Stackoverflow.com site:careers.stackoverflow.com “Java Developer”
StumbleUpon.com site:stumbleupon.com/stumbler “Java Developer”
Sydex.net site:sydex.net “Java Developer”
TalentRooster.com site:talentrooster.com “Java Developer”
The Muse site:themuse.com/profiles “software developer|engineer”
Twitter site:twitter.com “Java Developer”
Uploads inurl:wp-content/uploads github “gmail.com” intitle:resume OR inurl:resume rea
VisualCV.com site:visualcv.com “Java Developer”
Visualize.me site:vizualize.me “Java Developer”
WordPress.com/cv site:wordpress.com/cv “Java Developer”
WordPress.com/r site:wordpress.com/resume “Java Developer”
 
Job Title String Examples:
Web Developer / Designer String
HTML AND CSS AND (Javascript OR AJAX) AND (Dreamweaver OR “dream weaver”) AND
“asp.net” AND SQL AND (“web development” OR “web application” OR “web developer”)
 
Winforms developer String
“c#” AND “ado.net” AND (“wcf” OR wpf OR “silverlight” OR “silver light” OR “silver-light”) AND
(winforms OR “win form” OR “winform” OR “windowsform” OR “window form” OR “windows
form”)
 
Microsoft CRM developer String
(“Microsoft CRM” OR “ms crm” OR “mscrm” OR “microsoft-crm” OR “ms/crm” OR “ms
dynamics” OR “ms-dynamics” OR “microsoft dynamics”) AND “.net” AND (wcf OR wpf OR “silver
light” OR silverlight OR “silver-light”) AND crm
 
Ecommerce developer String
(“web developer” OR “web development”) AND (web OR url OR “ecommerce” OR “e-
commerce”) AND “c#” AND “asp.net” AND ajax AND sql
 
Html Email Specialist String
campaign AND HTML AND crm AND “content” AND sql AND (email OR “e mail” OR “e-mail” OR
“email deployment” OR “e-mail deployment” OR “email setup” OR “e mail setup” OR “e-mail
setup”)
 
Drupal Expert String
(“web developer” OR developer OR programmer OR engineer OR “web master” OR webmaster)
AND drupal AND “google analytics” AND (“seo” OR websites OR microsites OR “landing pages”
OF “cms” OR “crm” OR “relational database” OR “api” OR “ui” OR “ux” OR “social media”
OR paradot OR requirements)
 
Android Developer
Android AND SDK AND Java AND SQLite AND (SVN OR subversion)
 
.Net Developer String
.Net AND (VS OR “Visual Studio”) AND (VB OR “Visual Basic” OR VB.net) AND (ASP or ASP.net)
AND (C# OR C#.net ) AND “SQL Server”
 
Python Developer String
(“Mobile application” OR Android OR Cocoa OR SDK OR iOs OR “obj-c” OR “object c” OR xcode
OR “Object C” OR “Objective-C” OR “Objective C” OR Handset OR ipad OR iphone OR “unity3d”
OR “Cocos2d”)
 
Senior PHP Developer String
(programmer or developer or engineer) AND “php” AND “sql” AND “lamp” AND “linux” AND
“apache” AND “javascript” AND (jquery or memcache OR “apc cache” OR nosql OR “no sql” OR
“no-sql” OR analytical OR analysis)
 
System Administrator String
Server* and (AD or “Active Directory”) and Exchange and DNS and (Linux or Unix or CentOS or
RedHat) and (Lan or WAN) and (VOIP or SIP) and (“power shell” or scripts or scripting) and
(routers or routing or switches or switching or bridges or “Network Administrator”)
 
Email/Messaging System Administrator String
(“systems administrator” OR “systems administration” OR “email systems administrator”) 
(“email delivery systems” OR powermta OR port25 OR “message systems”
OR strongmail OR qmail OR sendmail OR ironport OR postfix) (“mta” OR “dns” OR “ptr” OR “mx
records” OR “smtp protocols” OR“dkim” OR “spf” OR “dmarc” OR “fbl” OR “feedback loop”)
 
Automation Tester
(“qa” OR “quality assurance” OR “quality analyst” OR “automation tester”) AND “sql” AND agile
AND scrum AND rest AND soap AND “java” AND (cucumber OR “jet brains” OR gherkin OR
“cmm” OR “cmmi” OR “cast” OR “cste” OR “cmst” OR certified OR certification)
 
Business Analyst with Business Objects Experience
(“ba” OR “business analyst” OR “project manager” OR “project analyst”) AND “etl” AND
“business objects” AND informatica AND “sql” AND (“data warehouse” OR financial OR analysis
OR analytics OR mappings OR “product roadmap”)
 
CTO
(cto OR “chief technical officer” OR “cio” OR “chief information officer” OR vp OR “vice
president” OR svp OR “senior vice president”)
 
Database Administrator
(“database administration” OR “database administrator” OR “DB Admin” OR DBA) AND (SQL OR
“SQL Server”)
 
Developer Evangelist
enterprise AND “java” AND “javascript” AND html AND “php” AND “rest” AND (“sso” OR video
OR integration OR deploy OR implement OR prototyp OR “project manager” OR “project
management”)
 
Drupal Expert / Webmaster
(“web developer” OR developer OR programmer OR engineer OR “web master” OR webmaster)
AND drupal AND “google analytics” AND (“seo” OR websites OR microsites OR “landing pages”
OR “cms” OR “crm” OR “relational database” OR “api” OR “ui” OR “ux” OR “social media” OR
paradot OR requirements)
 
Help Desk Support
(helpdesk OR support OR technician OR “help desk” OR “service desk”) AND (OSX OR JDE OR
iSeries OR virtual OR virtualization OR vmware) AND (“AD” OR “Active Directory”) AND DHCP
AND DNS AND (network OR networking) AND (switches OR switching OR routers OR routing)
AND (firewalls OR security)
 
Information Security Manager
“Information Security” AND (“Project Manager” OR “Project Management” OR Leadership OR
Manager OR PMP) AND (forensic* OR Security+ OR CISSP OR “security Standards” OR “Certified
Information Systems Security Professional” OR “Advanced Persistent Threats” OR “asset
protection”)
 
Java Developer
Java AND SQL AND (“object oriented” OR object-oriented OR “OO” OR “OOP” OR “OOAD” OR
EJB OR J2EE OR Linux OR Hibernate OR Jidesoft OR MySQL OR Subversion OR SVN)
 
Linux Sys Admin / DBA
(“dba” OR “database administrator” OR “database administration” OR “system administrator”
OR “system administration” OR “sysadmin”) AND linux AND (mysql OR “my sql” OR “my-sql”)
AND (“ksh” OR bash OR perl OR python) AND (nosql OR “no sql” OR “no-sql” OR mongo OR
“disaster recovery” OR “meta data analysis” OR “data modeling” OR troubleshooting OR
reporting OR backup)
 
Linux Systems Administrator
(Unix OR Linux) AND (RedHat OR “Red Hat” OR Centos OR Debian) AND (SMTP OR DHCP OR
DNS OR LDAP OR NFS OR SMTP OR HTTP OR SNMP) AND (“Systems Administrator” OR “System
Administrator” OR “Systems Administration” OR “System Administration”)
 
Microstrategy Consultant
(MicroStrategy OR “Business Objects” OR OBIEE OR Cognos) AND (Informatica OR “Ab Initio”
OR SSIS OR Websphere OR “SQL Server Integration Services”) AND (RDBMS OR oracle OR “SQL
Server” OR Teradata OR Netezza OR DB2) AND SQL AND (BI OR “business intelligence” OR “data
warehousing” OR DW)
 
Mobile Applications Architect
(ios OR iphone OR ipad OR Android) AND (SDK OR SDKs) AND (Java OR objective-c OR “objective
c” OR C++) AND (optimization OR “web services” OR UX OR user-experience OR “user
experience” OR “Mobile Applications” OR “Mobile Developer”)
 
Network Administrator
Server* AND (AD OR “Active Directory”) AND Exchange AND DNS AND (Linux OR Unix OR
Centos OR RedHat) AND (Lan OR WAN) AND (VOIP OR SIP) AND (“power shell” OR scripts OR
scripting) AND (routers OR routing OR switches OR switching OR bridges OR “Network
Administrator”)
 
OBIEE Architect
(OBIEE OR “oracle Business Intelligence”) AND (“DW” OR “data warehouse” OR “data
warehousing”) AND (IBOTS OR DAC OR RPD OR SME OR OOTM OR BIAPS OR OBI OR ETL OR
informatica)
 
PHP Developer
PHP AND SQL AND (PostgreSQL OR “Pervasive SQL” OR Intranet OR Linux OR Apache OR
Javascript OR HTML OR CSS)
 
Project Manager
(“project manager” OR “project management” OR PMP)
 
Quality Assurance Analyst
(“Quality Assurance” OR QA OR SQA) AND test* AND software AND (“test cases” OR Automated
OR scripting) AND agile AND (ruby OR java OR javascript OR sql OR plsql OR pl-sql OR pl/sql OR
selenium)
 
Senior Manager, IT Programs
(“program manager” OR “project manager” OR “it manager” OR “information technology
manager”) AND (“ms certified” OR “ms certification” OR “microsoft certified” OR “microsoft
certification”) AND “ms project” AND “c#” AND “sql server” AND “asp.net” AND “java” AND
(“mvc” OR “big data” OR scope OR deliverables OR timelines OR budget OR “use case” OR
design OR deploy OR supervise OR manage)
 
Senior Software Architect
“c#” AND “asp.net” AND “sql server” AND (java OR j2ee OR “jsp” OR servlet OR “ejb” OR “jms”)
AND html AND xml AND “css” AND Oracle AND (unix OR linux) AND (“app development” OR
“arch” OR design OR develop OR hadoop OR python OR rails OR “php” OR websphere OR
tomcat OR “big data” OR spring OR hibernate OR eclipse OR log4j OR “ant” OR maven OR
“ooad” OR “uml” OR mvc OR “jsf” OR velocity OR struts)
 
SharePoint Developer
(“SharePoint Designer” OR “SharePoint Developer”) AND (html OR css OR xsl OR xslt OR
javascript OR jquery OR ajax) AND .net AND (asp.net OR C# OR vb.net) AND (Silverlight OR “SQL
Server” OR SSRS OR SSAS OR “reporting services” OR “analysis services”)
 
SQL Data Analyst
(“dba” OR “data analyst” OR “database administrator”) AND “sql server” AND (“transact-sql”
OR “t-sql” OR “tsql”) AND (“stored procedures” OR “ssis” OR “ssas” OR “ssrs” OR analy OR
“data conversion” OR query OR queries OR “data mining” OR excel OR pivot OR vlookup OR “v-
lookup” OR chart OR graph OR “ms office” OR audit)
 
SQL Data & Quality Assurance Analyst
(“dba” OR “data analyst” OR “database administrator” OR “qa” OR “quality assurance” OR
“quality analyst”) AND “sql server” AND (“transactsql” OR “t-sql” OR “tsql”) AND (“stored
procedures” OR “ssis” OR “ssas” OR “ssrs” OR test OR analy OR “data conversion” OR queries
OR query OR “data mining” OR excel OR pivot OR vlookup OR “v-lookup” OR chart OR graph OR
“ms office” OR audit)
 
Sr. Data Warehouse Architect & Developer
(architect OR develop* OR program* OR engineer) AND “sql server” AND “data warehousing”
AND perl AND (microstrategy OR profiler OR “data hygiene” OR “etl” OR computations OR
aggregations OR analy* OR quer* OR index OR design OR deploy OR test)
 
Sr. Linux Administrator
(“dba” OR “database administrator” OR “linux administrator”) AND linux AND apache AND
(redhat OR fedora OR centos) AND vmware AND (tomcat OR mysql OR “my sql” OR “my-sql” OR
postgre OR zimbra OR “ssh” OR “nfs” OR “bind” OR djbdns OR qmail OR openldap OR openssl
OR “lvs” OR perl OR python OR ruby OR bash OR firewall)
 
Sr. Programmer – C++, Linux
(programmer OR engineer OR developer) AND (linux OR unix) AND (redhat OR centos OR
fedora) AND (“c” OR “c++”) AND sql AND (perl OR “php” OR shell) AND (postgre OR analy OR
test OR design OR deploy OR execute)
 
Systems Engineer
Windows AND Exchange AND Cisco AND switch* AND rout* AND IIS AND (Voip OR Citrix OR AIX
OR Linux OR MCSE OR CCNA OR CCNP OR CNNA OR “Systems Engineer”) AND TCP/IP AND
“Active Directory” AND DNS
 
Technical Account Manager
(“account manager” OR “project manager” OR “program manager”) AND software AND
develop* AND “sql server” AND “data warehousing” AND technical AND marketing
 
Telecommunications Specialist
(Telecommunications OR Telecom) AND (network OR networking) AND IP AND telephony AND
PBX AND (voicemail OR voice-mail OR “voice mail”) AND Cisco AND Avaya
 
User Experience Designer
(“User Experience” OR User-Experience OR UX OR “Human-Computer Interaction” OR “Human
Computer Interaction” OR HCI) AND CSS AND HTML AND JavaScript AND (jQuery OR user-
centered OR “graphic design” OR “visual design”)